[patch 09/58] KVM: MMU: disable global page optimization
From: Greg KH
Date: Wed May 06 2009 - 17:57:46 EST
2.6.29-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
upstream commit: bf47a760f66add7870fba33ab50f58b550d6bbd1
Complexity to fix it not worthwhile the gains, as discussed
in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/28649.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
[mtosatti: backport to 2.6.29]
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static struct kvm_mmu_page *kvm_mmu_allo
ASSERT(is_empty_shadow_page(sp->spt));
bitmap_zero(sp->slot_bitmap, KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS + KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS);
sp->multimapped = 0;
- sp->global = 1;
+ sp->global = 0;
sp->parent_pte = parent_pte;
--vcpu->kvm->arch.n_free_mmu_pages;
return sp;
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